11 Coincidence

After they returned to their base, Hong Shi brought the three students to the pharmacy.

The pharmacy had a circumference of a few hundred meters, and there were rows and rows of counters inside. All kinds of potions were placed on the counters.

This included the Stone Skin Potion made from limestone plants and the Strength Potion made from bloody-sun plants.

At this moment, groups of adventurers were walking around the pharmacy. Occasionally, the adventurers would call the attendants, and they would buy some potions for emergency needs.

Hong Shi brought the three students, and entered from a small door at the side of the pharmacy.

There was a room around 50 square meters big behind the small door.

Rows of long chairs were placed in the room. There were a few counters inside. Behind the counters, apothecaries wearing green uniforms were sitting.

There was an empty counter. Hong Shi brought the three students over.

The apothecary behind the counter was a rabbit-lady with a sexy figure. She nodded at them slightly. "What herbs would you like to sell?"

Hong Shi glanced at Meng You. Meng You didn't know where to look. He hurriedly came forward, and took out the limestone plant he found today. He passed it to the lady.

The rabbit-lady took over the limestone plant, and kept it after a single glance. "Two force technique crystal remnants."

She took out two force technique crystal remnants, and passed them to Meng You.

Meng You took over the force technique crystal remnants and smiled.

Then, Lin Mengyu walked up and took out one limestone plant and one bloody-sun plant.

The rabbit-lady took a single look at them, and said, "Five force technique crystal remnants."

Lin Mengyu took the force technique crystal remnants happily.

Hong Shi looked at Mo Xiaobai, and said, "Xiaobai, do you have herbs you want to sell?"

Mo Xiaobai gave a forced smile and nodded when he sensed Meng You and Lin Mengyu's gazes. "I do have some."

"Take them out then."

Mo Xiaobai nodded. He silently took out a pile of herbs and placed them on the counter.

Seven limestone plants and six bloody-sun plants.

"???" Meng You.

"???" Lin Mengyu.

Meng You and Lin Mengyu's pupils turned wide when they saw the limestone plants and bloody-sun plants on the counter.

Then, they turned and looked at Mo Xiaobai with hidden bitterness as though Mo Xiaobai played with their feelings.

This is called normal?!

This is called just a few herbs?!

The two of them suddenly felt that the world was filled with lies.

Even Hong Shi was flabbergasted. He looked at Mo Xiaobai strangely. "You found so many herbs?"

Mo Xiaobai smiled as he met Meng You's and Lin Mengyu's gaze. "Yes, I just chanced upon them when I was walking."

"…" Meng You.

"…" Lin Mengyu.

The two of them became silent. They looked as though they didn't want to live anymore. They didn't feel like speaking.

Even the corners of Hong Shi's lips twitched. He didn't say anything.

The rabbit-lady apothecary had already finished scanning the herbs. "Two four-leaved limestone plants, five two-leaved limestone plants, and six bloody-sun plants. That's a total of 38 force technique crystal remnants."

The rabbit-lady kept the herbs, and took out the force technique crystal remnants for Mo Xiaobai.

Mo Xiaobai happily took the force technique crystal remnants. The rabbit-lady glanced at Mo Xiaobai a few more times.

She knew that these people were only at the Body Tempering stage, so they probably went to the western region.

It was rare for someone to find so many herbs in the western region.

Mo Xiaobai collected his force technique crystal remnants, and Hong Shi said, "Alright, let's go."

They walked out of the herbs-collection room.

Lin Mengyu looked at Mo Xiaobai unhappily. "Xiaobai, how dare you play with my feelings!"

The voices nearby disappeared. A few adventurers looked at them curiously.

When they saw Lin Mengyu and Mo Xiaobai, they got excited. There seemed to be a good show happening.

"???" Mo Xiaobai.

He felt the gazes from the other adventurers around him. This wasn't good.

Just as he planned to speak, Meng You looked at him with bitterness, and said, "Mine too."

"???" The adventurers beside them.

They started to look at the three students strangely.

"…" Mo Xiaobai.

"…" Hong Shi.

Hong Shi couldn't help but turn red in the face when he noticed those looks from the other adventurers.

He coughed, and scolded then, "What's all this for? Come on, let's go to the items shop!"

Mo Xiaobai lowered his head and followed behind Hong Shi. After they walked out of the pharmacy, he heard the people inside gasping in surprise.

"Are youngsters nowadays so open?"

"We are getting old…"

"…" Mo Xiaobai.

He really wanted to die.

Beside him, Lin Mengyu and Meng You blushed in embarrassment.

They had heard the exclamations in the shop too.

***

Hong Shi hurriedly brought the three students away from this troublesome area, and came to the items shop to sell their items.

Meng You sold his graystone wolf's teeth, and received two force technique crystal remnants.

Mo Xiaobai took out the exceptional items he found too. That included two graystone wild boar's tusks and one graystone wolf pelt.

The wild boar's tusks were sold for three force technique crystal remnants, and the wolf's pelt was sold for one force technique crystal remnant. That was a total of four force technique crystal remnants.

After the shock from the herbs, Hong Shi and the other two students felt that Mo Xiaobai's findings were too few.

When they regained their senses, they started self-reflecting. What was wrong with them?

On the other hand, Mo Xiaobai was elated.

He received 42 force technique crystal remnants in total today.

He was already very satisfied.

They walked out of the items shop, and Hong Shi smiled as he said, "Alright, this is the end of the elites' trial."

He glanced at the three students and nodded in satisfaction. "I have to say that your abilities are not bad. The gains you received this time are very satisfactory. However, this is not enough. You will still have to continue working hard next month—"

"Huh? Isn't that Hong Shi?"

Before Hong Shi finished speaking, he heard a shrill voice behind him.

Hong Shi frowned when he was interrupted, and turned around.

The three students looked in the direction the voice came from.

There was a merman with short seaweed-style hair standing in that direction. He was tall and skinny. He had an aquiline nose, and his cheekbones were protruding.

At this moment, the merman was smiling mysteriously at Hong Shi. However, there was no smile in his orange-red eyes.

"So it's really Hong Shi. What a coincidence. Why did I meet you here?"

Hong Shi furrowed his brows even more furiously when he saw the merman. "Liu Gaoxuan, why are you here?"

As he spoke, he glanced behind Liu Gaoxuan. Five youths were standing behind him. They looked around the same age as Mo Xiaobai.

When Hong Shi was looking at the youths, Liu Gaoxuan was sizing up Mo Xiaobai and the other two students too.

After seeing the cultivation stage of the students, he squinted slightly, and the smile on his lips deepened a little. "Hong Shi, what are you saying? Was the hollow realm established by your Moonlight Secondary School? Why can't my students from the Stone Sun Secondary School be here?"